Post-card holder.



0. EWING. POST CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9 1909.

Patented at. 1, 11910.

UNITED sa nrns rnrrnn'r ornrcia CLIFFORD EWING, 0F COVINGTON, KENTUCKY,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'IO ADOLPI-I F. GAUPEL, OF COVING'ION, KENTUCKY.

POST-CARD HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD EWING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Post-Gard Holders,of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to holders for post cards, photographs and suchother exhibits as are generally preserved by being placed in an album orother form of book.

The well known method of forming slots and strips or bars in the leaf ofthe album to receive the post cards whereby it is necessary to lift upthe strip between the slots and insert the cards has many disadvantages,such as tearing out the strip, weakening the leaf and covering part ofthe view of the card.

It is the object of my invention to provide means for neatly inserting apost card or any other similar exhibit of any shape or size in an albumor book at any desired angle, or at any particular place upon the leafof same, without employing the unsightly bars or strips formed bycutting the slots in the leaf.

One of the advantages of my device is that it permits the use of morespace on the leaves of the album, and it affords a more compact methodof mounting. The cards may be placed in any desired design, formation orarrangement upon the leaf and the view of the illustrations on the cardsis unobstructed by the holder.

lVith my invention in use for post card albums the holders for thepostals are less conspicuous than the old style bars or strips and slotsin the leaf, and this adds neatness to the appearance.

Another advantage of my invention is that the cards are more firmly heldin position and may be quickly and easily removed without danger to theholder or leaf.

My invention is extremely simple in construction and comprises certainnew and useful combinations of parts which will hereinafter be describedand claimed.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 shows a view of my improved device.Fig. 2 shows a post card with my invention employed. Fig. 8 is anenlarged view showing a frag ment of a post card with my inventionemployed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view showing Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 9, 1909.

Patented Mar. 1, 1910. Serial No. 506,649.

apart of my improved post card holder. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectiontaken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a modification of myinvention. Figs. 7 and 8 show another slight modification of myinvention. Fig. 9 shows a modification of my i11- vention applied to acard of irregular shape. Fig. 10 is an isometric View showing amodification of my invention illustrating the manner in which the partsare put together. Fig. 11 is a section taken through the middle of themodification shown in Fig. 9 after the strip has been bent to its properposition.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, I show a strip 10 made ofsome suitable pllable material in order that the tips or ends 11 may bebent to any desired angle. I provide a tail 12 made of some suitablematerial, preferably flexible and gummed on one side in order that itmay be moistened and attached securely to a leaf of an album. The tail12 may be made of paper or any other suitable material that may bewrapped about the strip 10 as shown in Fig. 5. It is seen that in thisview the tail 12 is wrapped once around the strip 10 thus forming ameans for holding the tail 12 to the strip 10. The strip 10 is bestshown in Fig. 1, and is shown bent over at the ends forming the saidtips or cars 11. It is the purpose of these ears 11 to extend over thepost card and form means for holding said post card in any positiondesired. Thus, it is seen that the entire post card clip 13 may beplaced in any desired location on the leaf of the album or book and heldsecurely thereto by the gum coating which is placed on its back.

In Fig. 6 I show a modification of my improved clip which is made inthis case of a thin piece of wire 141 bent so as to form a loop 15. Thetail 12 may be easily applied to this loop as shown in this figure. Thepost card is indicated by the dotted line 16. which shows how this loopmay be adapted to the post card, the corner of the post card extendmgthrough the loop 15.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show another modification of my invention. Thismodification comprises a metal tip 17 adapted to be bent down at thecorners forming a pocket 18 into which the post card indicated by theline 19 may be inserted. The tip 17 may be easily fastened to the tail12 by attaching the adhesive side of the latter thereto and wrappingsame around the entire surface of the tip, thus forming the structureshown in Fig. 8. Then the corners at 20 may be bent to the positionindicated in Fig. 7

Referring more particularly to Fig. 10 it is seen that this modificationis made of a T-shaped piece of metal 21 inserted through a slot 22 in anadhesive strip or tail 23. After, the stem of the T-shaped piece ofmetal is inserted in the slot in the tail 23 the portion of the tail 23lying between the slot 22 and the edge 24 of the tail is lapped over theT-shaped piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 11. Then the stem portion ofthe piece of metal 21 is bent over to form a catch 25. The advantage ofhaving but one catch on my improved holder is readily seen in Fig. 9Where it is adapted to a novelty in post cards. For instance, a clip 26is placed in the extreme lower end of the V-shaped portion of the heartshaped post card 27 and serves to hold it more securely and more neatlythan one of the holders with two catches. For this reason my improvedpost card holder will be very desirable in cases where it is desired toinsert somewhat of a novelty in post cards in the album or book or toengage the middle part of very long cards, the ends of which arefastened as shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to place apost card inan album it is first necessary to place the post card in its properposition in the improved post card holder, then by slightly moisteningthe back of the tail fastened to the holder the card may be adjusted tothe leaf in any position desired. After the first corner of the postcard has been fastened by the holder it is very easy to moisten theother holders before placing them in their proper position relatively tothe post card and then securing them to their desired position. Thus areapparent the advantages my invention has over the old style method ofholding post cards employing slots and strips or bars in the leaf of thealbum.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described comprising a strip of pliablemetal adapted to be bent over at the end to form a holder for the edgeof an exhibit made of thin material, and a strip of thin adhesivematerial fastened at one end to said strip of metal and adapted to beattached to an album leaf, substantially as set forth.

2. A device of the character described comprising a strip of metaladapted to be bent over at the ends at any given angle to form a holderfor exhibits made of thin sheets of material, and a strip of thinmaterial gummed on one side and fastened at one end to said metalholder, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

3. A device of the character described comprising a piece of thin metal,a strip of thin material gummed on one end to said piece of metal, thetwo outermost corners of the piece of metal being bent to form a pocketto receive the corner of an exhibit made of a sheet of thin material,substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

CLIFFORD EWING.

Witnesses Janus N. RAMSEY, Fnonnx on HAMMEL.

